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In an interview this morning with channelnews.com.au, Steve Martin, the head of Symantec's mid market division for the Pacific region said that "at the end of the day, its about applying commonsense to what you are doing online".
The comments follow the release of the company's Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume XIII, which shows an alarming 468 per cent increase in online threats from 2006 to the end of 2007.
According to the report, "...the Web is now the primary conduit of attack activity, as opposed to network attacks, and that online users can increasingly be infected simply by visiting everyday Web sites."
The report also shows some disturbing facts including: